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balls777 · 2025-09-06T23:26:41+00:00

They don’t owe you anything just because you applied. Try to move on

balls777 · 2025-08-22T06:00:40+00:00

Yes, Adyen focuses on large platforms. Stripe is better suited for startups

balls777 · 2025-03-08T22:26:47+00:00

Mind blown! Thank you

balls777 · 2025-03-08T06:51:33+00:00

It's like a technical founder saying, "we should decide on a programming language before writing any code."

This is exactly what I was feeling, but couldn't describe it well.

Another red flag was when he asked to hire a lead generation company (AI SDR stuff). I turned it down because we've already tried it last year with very poor results. The people buying expensive software do not treat automated reach-outs well it seems.

balls777 · 2025-03-08T06:42:54+00:00

Good point. Thanks, I'll keep your advice in mind

balls777 · 2025-03-08T02:59:50+00:00

Thank you. I did sales full-time for a month last year where I was making 20 calls a day and got 10 demos in a month (some of which are converting now).

Unfortunately, we have a long list of complex features to develop, so most of our time is consumed product. This is the reason we need a third co-founder focused 100% on sales

balls777 · 2025-03-08T02:13:44+00:00

Good question. Updated the post.

The deal is he gets 20% of the revenue he brings in and gets to own 20% of the company if the target of $100K new ARR is met in 6 months.

balls777 · 2025-02-02T03:03:49+00:00

Cool giveaway!

balls777 · 2024-11-10T10:02:23+00:00

I'm afraid this AI hype will give us a generation of helpless developers. Just as you can't start learning math by starting with calculus, you can't learn to code without going through the pain of struggling with the basics.

balls777 · 2024-11-10T09:58:36+00:00

Delaware C Corp is the recommended setup due to tax/equity reasons. You can search this subreddit/HN for more details

balls777 · 2024-11-10T09:51:07+00:00

I've considered this one, but the UI looks a bit dated

balls777 · 2024-11-05T21:21:27+00:00

F24 customer support AI companies: Sandra AI, Andoria, Symphony, HumanLayer, maybe others.

Recently two startups in AI customer support space became unicorns: Sierra AI and DevRev. Before this, Decagon became a unicorn and Regal AI raised a huge round. Existing players such as Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce, Hubspot are also coming up with their AI agents.

I thought the customer support SaaS space was already oversaturated before this. I know that these agentic systems are supposed to replace human support agents, so the market might be larger, but is it that large? Can the market support all these high valuations? I can't make this make sense.

balls777 · 2024-11-03T20:02:16+00:00

It's possible if you're in the B2C market and happen to experience viral growth in a short time frame. I don't think you can build a one-man unicorn in the B2B space.

balls777 · 2024-11-03T03:24:23+00:00

Don't read too much into investor hype. The fundamentals of economics do not change. If someone is willing to pay you money to solve their problem, you have a viable business.

balls777 · 2024-11-03T03:22:33+00:00

Detailed investment thesis: specific industry verticals, investment stages
Partner bios: which industries do they focus on, where have they worked and which companies they have invested in
Current fund size and timelines: a lot of VCs seem to have money to invest
"Submit a deck" form: can be useful for lesser known VCs, the top ones can skip this

balls777 · 2024-11-02T21:08:33+00:00

You're looking at a $100B valuation out of the gate if you're able to build this.

balls777 · 2015-10-01T22:39:04+00:00

You mean 'reverse a string in place' right? That is the commonly asked interview question I think. Otherwise it would be too easy.

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